I Remember Miles is a 1998 studio album by Shirley Horn, recorded in tribute to Miles Davis. The album cover illustration was a drawing Davis had once done of them both.Adam Bernstein, "Mesmerizing Jazz Singer and Pianist", The Washington Post, October 22, 2005.
Horn's performance on this album won her the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Performance at the 41st Grammy Awards.
Reception
The AllMusic review by Richard S. Ginell stated: "Horn's understated, laconic, deceptively casual ballad manner is a natural fit for the brooding Miles persona, and she doesn't have to change a thing in this relaxed, wistfully sung, solidly played collection...In a sad way, the very idea of a Miles tribute is an oxymoronic denial of the ever-restless spirit of this genius who didn't believe in looking backwards. But Shirley Horn certainly serves the man's sensitive side well".
Track listing "My Funny Valentine" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 5:33 "I Fall in Love Too Easily" (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) – 5:39 "Summertime" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward) – 4:59 "Baby Won't You Please Come Home" (Charles Warfield, Clarence Williams) – 7:21 "This Hotel" (Johnny Keating, Richard Quine) – 3:37 "I Got Plenty o' Nuttin'" (Gershwin, Gershwin, Heyward) – 3:39 "Basin Street Blues" (Williams) – 5:28 "My Man's Gone Now" (Gershwin, Gershwin, Heyward) – 10:39 "Blue in Green" (Miles Davis, Bill Evans, Al Jarreau) – 5:59
Personnel Performers Shirley Horn – piano, vocals, producer Ron Carter – bass guitar Roy Hargrove – flugelhorn, trumpet Toots Thielemans – harmonica Buck Hill – tenor saxophone Charles Ables – double bass Steve Williams – drums, percussion Al Foster Production Chika Azuma – artwork, design Sheila Mathis – assistant producer Dave Baker – engineer, mixing Ira Gitler – liner notes Duncan Stanbury – mastering Richard Seidel – producer Camille Tominaro – production coordination
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